Dr. Gerardine MUKESHIMANA is the Minister of Agriculture and Animal Resources of the Republic of Rwanda. She oversees all agricultural and livestock related activities in the Country, charged with new policy formulation. Dr. Mukeshimana also supervises the implementation of existing policies and works with other ministries and development partners on issues that affect the agricultural sector especially land use and land management, trade, commerce, infrastructure, gender and youth employment.
Prior to that, Dr. Gerardine Mukeshimana worked at the International Livestock Institute, Ministry of Agriculture, and the National University of Rwanda.
She holds a PhD and a Master’s degree in plant breeding, genetics, and biotechnology from the Michigan State University.